xlt and electric cattle fence Help! Please

[mtntrekr2]

I got permission to hunt the property from the owner of a house that was built in the late 1700's. all that is left is the stone walls and the posts that hold the roof up.
My problem is that there is a fence line about 20' from the house that is electrified to keep the cattle in.
I tried hunting a little last weekend but as soon as I would get a little away from the foundation 3'-5' the xlt would begin to pick up the pulse from the fence.

Unfortunately due to the size of the herd the fence cannot be turned off.

Has anyone figured out a way to overcome this pulse. The only solution I found was to raise the disc to about 65, but I may be missing a lot of good items doing this.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
Joe

 

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[hollowpointred]

maybe lower the sensativity and perhaps use a smaller coil. both will affect your depth but maybe you will be lucky and stuff wont be so deep.

 

[Kentucky Kache]

Make LOTS of hamburger, that should take care of it.

 

[deepskyal]

Don't know how their fence is rigged but mine used a powerful, pulsing a/c current with some pretty high amps.
The ground was my ground and the wires were hot. My ground rod was about 1/4 of a mile from the furthest point of the fence and still carried enough whollop to knock you on your kiester. My whole system was good for 40 miles.

I'd be REAL careful with your detector around it.

The alternating pulse was designed so if you accidentally grabbed a wire, you'd be able to let go. Otherwise...

One of the dogs I had used to get lucky and brush up against it during the off power cycle and I guess he thought nothing of it til his timing was off one time.

You ever smell a dog that just peed on an electric fence? .....And that stink lasts for hours.

And I won't tell you how many times I got hit and I didnt even touch any wires. Just touching plants leaning on the wires carried a lot of power. Or a rubber garden hose...that was funny. NOT! Did you know just because water is in rubber, it will still conduct electricity?

Anyhow......my DFX hates overhead power lines. I drop the sensitivity way down and there might be other tweeks to get closer....but you are gonna lose some depth. And do you really wanna get that close to a hot cattle fence?

Al

 

[Sandman]

You may as well go somewhere else as there is no way I know to hunt around one. Security systems that are buried and buried dog fences will also bother detectors enough that there is no way to keep them tuned or steady that I know of.

 

[bazinga]

I tried hunting within an electric dog fence one with my explorer. Didn't really have much luck. Had to drop the sensitivity REALLY low and could only manage a few inches of depth. Was a disappointing day, especially since I was hunting a virgin house dated back to 1832 with about 5 acres. The property owner was my boss and gave me permission.

And then he told me how to turn it off one day, so I figured I would wait until fall after the ground got some moisture back in it. Fall rolls around and he is in the middle of a divorce and the wife got the house. Couldn't get back in there!

 

[rayredditch]

Only thing you can do is knock your sens down. Otherwise just get used to the pulsing. It doesn´t bother me anymore, as I can easily hear the targets through it. High tension overhead are a different beast, and the lower the freq. detector youu use, the worse it becomes.

 

[Monty]

Ask the ex-wife out, buy her dinner and tell her what a scumball her ex was. Treat her nice and ask to hunt the area! M nty